KELEMEN: The Biden administration says it has committed more than $450 million in security assistance to Ukraine this year and will continue that. RUBEN GALLEGO: If the Ukrainians can convince Russia that an occupation would be bloody and it will be long and it'll be protracted, I don't believe Putin will move in. KELEMEN: Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego echoed that, calling on the Biden administration to send Ukraine more anti-tank missiles and other weapons. WALTZ: Appreciation for the lethal aid that has been provided, but frustration that the ongoing packages either haven't been fully approved in Washington or are moving very slowly. And in their conversation with Ukrainian officials, they heard both appreciation and frustration. Waltz says he and his colleagues met with members of the Florida National Guard who are in Ukraine on a training mission. KELEMEN: That means beefing up Ukraine's defenses. We need to help Ukraine porcupine themselves and raise the costs now. MICHAEL WALTZ: Sanctions need to be going into place now for these destabilizing actions. But Congressman Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, says the U.S. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: With tens of thousands of Russian troops near Ukraine's borders, the Biden administration has been warning Moscow of severe economic consequences if Russia reinvades. veterans, and they say Ukraine needs military help, too.
lawmakers just back from Ukraine are urging the Biden administration to do more now to deter Russia from reinvading its neighbor.
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